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ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH (Types of Observation (Types of interviews (Open…
ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Types of Observation
General Observation
The primary and basic ideal of field ethnographic work is to give a clear and coherent outline of the social structure and to highlight, among the accumulation of irrelevant facts, the laws and norms that all cultural phenomena entail.
The results of a scientific investigation whatever your branch of knowledge, must be presented in an absolutely clean and sincere.
Direct observation
Advantages: - There are no memory failures - It does not depend on the ability of the interviewer to give the information
Disadvantages: - Difficulty registering or recording information. - Problem of validity and reliability
Types of interviews
Open questions
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Disadvantages: -coding is complicated and expensive. - the participation of the interviewer is reduced.
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Types of Interview
Initial interview
he main personal attributes that are required in the interviews are the same as in other aspects of the investigation; and they always revolve around trust, curiosity and naturalness.
Another attribute, and indeed a requirement of all researchers, is curiosity, the desire to know: in this case, to know the opinions and perceptions that people have of the facts, to hear their stories and to discover their feelings.
Open Interview
The place where the interview takes place, how it is graduated, the relationships that take place between the people involved and all the forms it adopts, are other decisive problems.
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Structured interviews
At the beginning, it is necessary to establish contact and make people feel comfortable. This means starting nicely and not asking intimate or intimidating questions
Field Identification
Intervening Dimensions
The field notes should not only include descriptions of what happens in a scenario, but also a record of the feelings, interpretations, intuitions, preconceptions of the researcher and future areas of inquiry
Spaces and Subjects
A detailed description of the scenario and the position of the people within it provides important apprehensions about the nature of the activities of the participants, their patterns of interaction, their perspectives and ways of presenting themselves to others.
Miscellaneous Records
Gestures, non-verbal communications, the tone of the voice and the speed of people's speech help interpret the meaning of their words.
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Formal Analysis
Initial judgments must be made about the recorded data, which highlights another virtue of this practice: that it helps preserve those judgments outside the data records. Analog comments contain the notes to the interviews.
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